saddle

[[t]sæ̱d(ə)l[/t]]

saddles, saddling, saddled

1) N-COUNT A saddle is a leather seat that you put on the back of an animal so that you can ride the animal.

→ See also side-saddle

2) VERB If you saddle a horse, you put a saddle on it so that you can ride it.

[V n] Why don't we saddle a couple of horses and go for a ride?

PHRASAL VERB

Saddle up means the same as saddle.

V P I want to be gone from here as soon as we can saddle up... V P n (not pron) She saddled up a horse.

3) N-COUNT A saddle is a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle.

4) N-COUNT: usu N of n A saddle of lamb, rabbit, or venison is a piece of meat taken from the middle of the animal's back.

5) VERB If you saddle someone with a problem or with a responsibility, you put them in a position where they have to deal with it.

[V n with n] The war devastated the economy and saddled the country with a huge foreign debt.

Syn:

lumber with

6) PHRASE If you are in the saddle, you are riding a horse.

When I watch horse racing on television, I wish I was back in the saddle.

7) PHRASE If you are in the saddle, you are in power or in control of a situation.

The armed forces and the hardliners are now going to be in the saddle.

Phrasal Verbs:

- saddle up

Syn:

in control